TruthTellers
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I got to thinking about this thanks to a topic on another forum where someone said they don't see the point of owning a certain caliber if he can't regularly shoot his preferred defense ammo in it without breaking the bank. It's been so long since I really thought about factory revolver ammo as I reload, so this thinking caught me off guard and I can't think of any factory .38 or .357 ammo that was affordable and also a good performing round.
Most .38 videos I've seen have all been about premium defense ammo and even in that stuff you can have failures. The .357, I've seen Winchester's 110 grain JHP bullet do fine. Light for the caliber, but it worked and IDK any other .357 JHP ammo as cheap as it.
Unlike with 9mm or .40 where Winchester makes some good, affordable JHP's that could be shot regularly, I know of few or no such factory offerings in .38 or .357 that are "affordable" to shoot regularly.
Most .38 videos I've seen have all been about premium defense ammo and even in that stuff you can have failures. The .357, I've seen Winchester's 110 grain JHP bullet do fine. Light for the caliber, but it worked and IDK any other .357 JHP ammo as cheap as it.
Unlike with 9mm or .40 where Winchester makes some good, affordable JHP's that could be shot regularly, I know of few or no such factory offerings in .38 or .357 that are "affordable" to shoot regularly.